Millions of older people are putting off difficult conversations about ageing until times of crisis or not having them at all, according to new research from Independent Age, the older people"s charity.

New research shows that a genetic "risk score" may detect people at higher risk for Alzheimer"s disease before symptoms appear according to a study published today (Wednesday 6 July) in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Cornwall's coroner will raise concerns with the health secretary over the care of mentally ill patients far from home.It comes after a jury concluded the death of a man from St Austell was suicide, while undergoing care 140 miles from where he lived.